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    Thread: The Encouragement Thread
Post: The Encouragement Thread

Just caught up to the half-way point, roughly where I stopped last time when I took a Japanese hiatus. Now it's time to finish things.
KanjiCrosser Remembering the Kanji 908 186,008 2014-08-25, 3:09 pm
    Thread: Are you self-teaching yourself another skill aside from Japanese?
Post: Are you self-teaching yourself another skill aside...

Are you currently learning something by yourself aside from Japanese, such as maybe another language, programming, or music? How much time do you spend on learning this other skill compared to how muc...
KanjiCrosser Off topic 56 10,084 2013-11-17, 2:31 pm
    Thread: Core 2k/6k optimized and post-rtk1
Post: Core 2k/6k optimized and post-rtk1

BlackIce Wrote:1. How do you guys study the core 2k/6k deck (https://ankiweb.net/shared/info/1102215805)? Do you fail each new card at least once because unlike rtk, there's no book to study before do...
KanjiCrosser The Japanese language 15 5,257 2013-11-15, 1:45 pm
    Thread: 1100 kanji
Post: 1100 kanji

Aspiring Wrote:"I don't think much... if I don't know it within a few seconds I usually click "Again" and move on" Interesting. I'll definitely apply that in my studies. You inspire me. Keep up the g...
KanjiCrosser Remembering the Kanji 17 4,715 2013-10-31, 9:32 am
    Thread: 1100 kanji
Post: 1100 kanji

Vempele Wrote:Be less meticulous. By this point, you probably wouldn't even need a story to remember most kanji. 15/day, hours/day... I'd drop RTK and spend those hours learning Japanese instead. You...
KanjiCrosser Remembering the Kanji 17 4,715 2013-10-30, 2:02 pm
    Thread: 1100 kanji
Post: 1100 kanji

I am at the same point, but it has taken me 3 months so far. 50 kanji per day? That's incredible. It takes me hours to do just 15 per day (my rate) and complete my reviews, and I'm already feeling bur...
KanjiCrosser Remembering the Kanji 17 4,715 2013-10-30, 2:22 am
    Thread: Half way!
Post: Half way!

Just reached the half-way mark. To be honest, stories are becoming more arduous to make either because of burn-out or because of the fact that I am a perfectionist and spend a lot of time on each stor...
KanjiCrosser Remembering the Kanji 616 180,417 2013-10-25, 9:58 pm
    Thread: I wonder, how are they actually learning Kanji in a different order?
Post: I wonder, how are they actually learning Kanji in ...

DrJones Wrote:The sad part, is that practically every learning resource for japanese is in english. English is the WORST possible bridge to study japanese (in fact, the user of any other language will...
KanjiCrosser Remembering the Kanji 89 12,528 2013-10-25, 2:19 am
    Thread: Full width character discussion
Post: Full width character discussion

Interesting. I had thought that full-width text was used to make English letters easier to differentiate for Japanese people. But,then again,there are only 26 English letters so I don’t see how that w...
KanjiCrosser Off topic 27 5,773 2013-10-19, 5:22 pm
    Thread: Full width character discussion
Post: Full width character discussion

I have never typed using full-width font before. Why does this even exist?
KanjiCrosser Off topic 27 5,773 2013-10-18, 11:37 pm
    Thread: Trouble reading Kanji because of its size?
Post: Trouble reading Kanji because of its size?

Bokusenou Wrote:Did you ever see the paragraph with the mixed up letters which showed that as long as the first and last letters in a word were there, the rest could be in any order and it was still r...
KanjiCrosser The Japanese language 11 3,697 2013-10-12, 1:42 pm
    Thread: Trouble reading Kanji because of its size?
Post: Trouble reading Kanji because of its size?

I haven't gotten to the point where I've done much reading in kanji yet, though from my limited experience with reading kanji, I've noticed that sometimes the characters are genuinely hard to read bec...
KanjiCrosser The Japanese language 11 3,697 2013-10-11, 1:31 pm
    Thread: What age are you?
Post: What age are you?

21 Since August, 2013 I've been going out of order in RTK, but I have done 794 frames total so far.
KanjiCrosser Off topic 357 73,663 2013-10-09, 7:27 pm
    Thread: Do you speak/learn any other languages?
Post: Do you speak/learn any other languages?

Zgarbas Wrote:I did Latin in school and was pretty damned good at it too, but again, no practice and I wasn't fluent to begin with => uber fail. Fairly sure I forgot everything I knew about Old Eng...
KanjiCrosser Off topic 32 6,728 2013-10-09, 6:02 pm
    Thread: Do you speak/learn any other languages?
Post: Do you speak/learn any other languages?

I took two years of German when I was in high school, although I didn't really take studying the language too seriously and, as a result, have stopped learning it. The case system (and genders) frustr...
KanjiCrosser Off topic 32 6,728 2013-10-09, 2:33 pm
    Thread: For those working in Japan...
Post: For those working in Japan...

vix86 Wrote:To get the job and make it to Japan: >> Passport >> 1-way plane ticket >> About 2000USD - 5000USD A small number of companies might be willing to advance you a loan to c...
KanjiCrosser Off topic 32 6,804 2013-10-08, 4:21 pm
    Thread: "State of Mind" and other abstract keywords
Post: "State of Mind" and other abstract keywords

Bumped this thread because I am having a lot of trouble with renaming the "state of mind" primitive ("state of mind" by itself is too abstract for me). I'm having to skip the string of kanji around fr...
KanjiCrosser Remembering the Kanji 7 3,581 2013-10-04, 4:11 pm
    Thread: For those working in Japan...
Post: For those working in Japan...

mutley Wrote:If you decide to take the English teaching route, you probably need to set yourself smaller targets that you can stick to and that you know how to accomplish, rather than just having a va...
KanjiCrosser Off topic 32 6,804 2013-10-02, 1:28 am
    Thread: RTK with Pokemon!
Post: RTK with Pokemon!

Coincidentally, I just happened to create two stories involving Pokemon, if the OP wants to check them out. #536 (dragon) is Dragonite and #537 (waterfall) is Gyarados on the main site. Following th...
KanjiCrosser Remembering the Kanji 3 1,049 2013-10-01, 7:56 pm
    Thread: RTK with Pokemon!
Post: RTK with Pokemon!

I find it rather difficult to create stories using only one fictional universe, even if I know the universe like the back of my hand. Every primitive has to be incorporated into making stories of that...
KanjiCrosser Remembering the Kanji 3 1,049 2013-09-29, 6:54 pm
    Thread: For those working in Japan...
Post: For those working in Japan...

Xanpakuto Wrote:How about get your bachelors here in the States, then if your Japanese gets good enough, do your masters in Japan. I would of course be paying international tuition if I were to get my...
KanjiCrosser Off topic 32 6,804 2013-09-27, 3:06 pm
    Thread: For those working in Japan...
Post: For those working in Japan...

Thanks for the responses so far. I already quite know what I want to do in the long run, and that is music composition for media. There are a few big reasons why I am putting that on hold, though. Th...
KanjiCrosser Off topic 32 6,804 2013-09-26, 12:17 am
    Thread: How to motivate myself?
Post: How to motivate myself?

I agree with everything Haych said. Just wanted to add that I find it easier, when learning new kanji, to not do all 20 in one stretch. It's painful and quickly drains your creativity. Instead, give ...
KanjiCrosser Remembering the Kanji 9 2,870 2013-09-24, 11:15 pm
    Thread: How to motivate myself?
Post: How to motivate myself?

Well first of all, I am going to assume you are using this site to save your stories? If not, do that--they will be there for you when you are reviewing and forget a certain kanji. Also, don't feel ob...
KanjiCrosser Remembering the Kanji 9 2,870 2013-09-24, 8:05 pm
    Thread: 500 frames and counting! ROOOOARRRR!!!
Post: 500 frames and counting! ROOOOARRRR!!!

526 learned kanji altogether so far. Although since frame 426, I have been going out of RTK order to learn in 2k1 order. 1 month so far. Agelaku Wrote:514 Kanji learned in 6 days. This method of lear...
KanjiCrosser Remembering the Kanji 526 167,103 2013-09-24, 7:50 pm
    Thread: Advice or help
Post: Advice or help

Perhaps you may want to lessen your kanji load (maybe to 15) so that you can spend more time with them. The less new kanji you have to learn daily, the more creative you will become with crafting unfo...
KanjiCrosser Remembering the Kanji 3 774 2013-09-24, 7:41 pm
    Thread: How to get started?
Post: How to get started?

inarutol Wrote:Do I first read the entire RTK1? Or just use this site study and review section? What I am doing is working through RTK1 and using the Study section of this site to save my stories, or ...
KanjiCrosser Remembering the Kanji 4 1,045 2013-09-24, 7:34 pm
    Thread: For those working in Japan...
Post: For those working in Japan...

First of all this isn't necessarily on the topic of working in Japan, so I thought to make a post here instead. Anyway, For those of you currently working in Japan, out of curiosity, how much adversi...
KanjiCrosser Off topic 32 6,804 2013-09-24, 4:34 pm
    Thread: Nukemarine's Suggested Guide for Beginners
Post: Nukemarine's Suggested Guide for Beginners

I didn't know that you had to input that bit of code to get furigana to show--I thought it just appeared automatically. Well, now the furigana works. Thanks for your help.
KanjiCrosser The Japanese language 712 401,346 2013-09-20, 7:38 pm
    Thread: Nukemarine's Suggested Guide for Beginners
Post: Nukemarine's Suggested Guide for Beginners

I am having some trouble properly implementing images and sound into the Core 2k6k Optimized Japanese Vocabulary deck. I have read that the files, downloaded from the first page, need to be placed in ...
KanjiCrosser The Japanese language 712 401,346 2013-09-20, 3:56 pm